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Le petit prince 1-8
vocabulaire de chapitres 1-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| un fauve | a big animal |
| une proie | prey |
| avaler | to swallow |
| mâcher | to chew |
| un chef-d'oeuvre | work of art/masterpiece |
| digérer | to digest |
| abandonner | to give up/abandon |
| égaré | lost |
| se mettre à portée | to go to someone's "level" |
| une panne | breakdown |
| du sable | sand |
| naufragé | castaway |
| un mouton | sheep |
| la foudre | lightning |
| ravissant | charming/delightful/flattering |
| encombrant | bulky |
| un bélier | ram |
| la caisse | crate/box |
| de l'herbe | grass/weeds |
| les miennes | mine (f/pl) |
| apercevoir | to see/to notice |
| un éclat de rire | burst out laughing |
| une lueur | glimmer / faint light |
| hocher la tête | nod the head |
| une corde | rope |
| à peine | barely |
| turc | Turkish |
| un habit | a suit |
| les chiffres | numbers (figures) |
| le son de sa voix | the sound of his/her voice |
| combien "gagne" ton père | how much does he earn? |
| la preuve | proof |
| hausser les épaules | shrug shoulders |
| à la légère | taken "lightly" |
| c'est dur | it's difficult/hard |
| la taille | size |
| tâtonner | to fumble with/to try different things |
| c'est ainsi que | that is how |
| des baobabs | large trees in Africa |
| un arbuste | shrub |
| un troupeau | herd |
| la sagesse | wisdom |
| s'étirer | to stretch |
| une brindille | twig |
| arracher | to rip out |
| éclater | to burst/explode |
| s'astreindre | to force to |
| un paresseux | a lazy person |
| ne guère | scarcely |
| frôler | to brush against/something comes close to "disaster" |
| un sentiment d'urgence | an urgency |
| éloigné(e) | remote / far |
| le crépuscule | twilight/dusk |
| sans préambule | without an introduction / blurted out |
| des épines | thorns |
| dévisser un boulon trop serré | unscrew a bolt too tight |
| renoncer | to give up |
| méchanceté | meanness |
| rancune | grudge/ hard feelings |
| j'ai honte | I am ashamed |
| gonfler d'orgueil | to pump up your ego/confidence |
| colère | anger |
| anéantir | annihilate |
| des sanglots | sobs |
| des larmes | tears |
| un bouton | flower bud / button |
| fripé(e) | wrinkled |
| coquette | pretty / stylish |
| bâiller | to yawn |
| un paravent | wind breaker |
| des griffes | claws |
| s'enfuir | to run away |
| un arrosoir | a watering can |
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